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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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